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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2023 23:03:38 GMT
Sports wise, I’m tired of Alabama winning everything and being so lucky all the time.
Otherwise the cold weather.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2023 2:32:26 GMT
My Miami Dolphins.
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Post by sdm3 on Dec 23, 2023 8:30:06 GMT
^ Come on guys, stick around. We're not going to bite.
Anyway, Xmas shopping is always a pain. Going into insanely crowded stores is out of the question (for me, anyway) so online shopping it is. No matter how early we start, it always seems as though we're sweating waiting for at least one item to arrive before the holiday. Yesterday I had to chase up a courier who was unable to locate my address - then couldn't "access" a secondary delivery address I'd rearranged for the next day. Finally managed to reach the driver in question after "negotiating" (read: complaining) with the company (an exchange in which I said "If anything I'm left with more questions than answers") and an investigative stroke of brilliance on my part in figuring out where his GPS had taken him based on his limited description.
Next year, we're starting in October.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 23, 2023 13:54:35 GMT
^ Come on guys, stick around. We're not going to bite. Anyway, Xmas shopping is always a pain. Going into insanely crowded stores is out of the question (for me, anyway) so online shopping it is. No matter how early we start, it always seems as though we're sweating waiting for at least one item to arrive before the holiday. Yesterday I had to chase up a courier who was unable to locate my address - then couldn't "access" a secondary delivery address I'd rearranged for the next day. Finally managed to reach the driver in question after "negotiating" (read: complaining) with the company (an exchange in which I said "If anything I'm left with more questions than answers") and an investigative stroke of brilliance on my part in figuring out where his GPS had taken him based on his limited description. Next year, we're starting in October. I start in August. That's probably why my wife and kid end up with so much stuff for Christmas. Their birthdays are both in the fall, so I start shopping in late summer and then have to start thinking about which presents go with which event. Then of course I second guess whether they have enough for Christmas and go overboard. My wife will tell me if I bought too much for the little guy, but she never seems to discourage me from buying for her. If I've learned anything from your posts, it's never try to get something delivered in the UK.
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Post by sdm3 on Dec 23, 2023 14:44:07 GMT
^ Come on guys, stick around. We're not going to bite. Anyway, Xmas shopping is always a pain. Going into insanely crowded stores is out of the question (for me, anyway) so online shopping it is. No matter how early we start, it always seems as though we're sweating waiting for at least one item to arrive before the holiday. Yesterday I had to chase up a courier who was unable to locate my address - then couldn't "access" a secondary delivery address I'd rearranged for the next day. Finally managed to reach the driver in question after "negotiating" (read: complaining) with the company (an exchange in which I said "If anything I'm left with more questions than answers") and an investigative stroke of brilliance on my part in figuring out where his GPS had taken him based on his limited description. Next year, we're starting in October. I start in August. That's probably why my wife and kid end up with so much stuff for Christmas. Their birthdays are both in the fall, so I start shopping in late summer and then have to start thinking about which presents go with which event. Then of course I second guess whether they have enough for Christmas and go overboard. My wife will tell me if I bought too much for the little guy, but she never seems to discourage me from buying for her. If I've learned anything from your posts, it's never try to get something delivered in the UK. Honestly it's not that bad, it's just that, like any service, you usually only hear about it when something goes wrong. Always amuses me when you Google any big courier and they have nearly unanimously bad reviews. You expect packages to be delivered on time, and when they are, you tend to think nothing of it. But when they aren't, that's when you're gonna go online and leave a review lol.
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Post by Shane Falco on Dec 23, 2023 23:16:40 GMT
Being sick for the past year and hospitals being so back logged that I can't get the specific check ups that I need for like 6 more months.
Oh and that Little Debbie no longer sells the brownies with the nuts on top. The rainbow ones suck.
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 24, 2023 2:33:23 GMT
I may have already posted this earlier because it has annoyed me for some time. I hate people who use use their back up cameras to back into parking spaces. The car behind doesn't know that you're backing into a spot. Going to the mall the other day, there was a guy who wanted to back into a space, but the car behind was too close for him to do it. He starts yelling for the car behind him to back up, but the car behind that car is too close too. By the time I was pulling out of my parking space, the guy has been stuck for three or four minutes, creating a complete clusterfuck for drivers going both directions. If he would have just pulled into the space directly, none of that happens. It's bad enough that people can't parallel park, but now people can't back out of a parking space either?
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 27, 2023 20:00:31 GMT
Being sick for the past year and hospitals being so back logged that I can't get the specific check ups that I need for like 6 more months. Oh and that Little Debbie no longer sells the brownies with the nuts on top. The rainbow ones suck. Are you all good man? None of that is any fun. I've droned about this before, so I apologize for repeating myself - My least favorite part of the hospital stint (and there are many) is the way the insurance company and the hospitals fuck you in the ass. When I had my episode two years ago, I specifically sought out a doctor who took my insurance. No problem there. But when I was in recovery and his partner, Dr. Dipshit, was doing his rounds, he pops his head and asks "you good?" to which I don't think I responded because, ya know, of the surgery and all. And he leaves. Turns out Dr. Dipshit isn't on my insurance so I get a bill for $900. I ended up getting out of it because that's completely illegal and the hospitals and insurance companies know that (here in New York it is anyway). But do you know how many people get these kinds of bills and basically have their entire lives destroyed because of it? Gotta love it. Oh, you have cancer? Well, I hope you didn't want to buy anything else ever again.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 27, 2023 20:00:55 GMT
I may have already posted this earlier because it has annoyed me for some time. I hate people who use use their back up cameras to back into parking spaces. The car behind doesn't know that you're backing into a spot. Going to the mall the other day, there was a guy who wanted to back into a space, but the car behind was too close for him to do it. He starts yelling for the car behind him to back up, but the car behind that car is too close too. By the time I was pulling out of my parking space, the guy has been stuck for three or four minutes, creating a complete clusterfuck for drivers going both directions. If he would have just pulled into the space directly, none of that happens. It's bad enough that people can't parallel park, but now people can't back out of a parking space either? Going to the mall this time of year? You are a brave soul!
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Post by Shane Falco on Dec 27, 2023 20:18:48 GMT
Being sick for the past year and hospitals being so back logged that I can't get the specific check ups that I need for like 6 more months. Oh and that Little Debbie no longer sells the brownies with the nuts on top. The rainbow ones suck. Are you all good man? None of that is any fun. I've droned about this before, so I apologize for repeating myself - My least favorite part of the hospital stint (and there are many) is the way the insurance company and the hospitals fuck you in the ass. When I had my episode two years ago, I specifically sought out a doctor who took my insurance. No problem there. But when I was in recovery and his partner, Dr. Dipshit, was doing his rounds, he pops his head and asks "you good?" to which I don't think I responded because, ya know, of the surgery and all. And he leaves. Turns out Dr. Dipshit isn't on my insurance so I get a bill for $900. I ended up getting out of it because that's completely illegal and the hospitals and insurance companies know that (here in New York it is anyway). But do you know how many people get these kinds of bills and basically have their entire lives destroyed because of it? Gotta love it. Oh, you have cancer? Well, I hope you didn't want to buy anything else ever again. I'm not entirely sure yet because my Dr is just guessing whats wrong with me. We thought we had it fixed as I felt great for like 3 months only for symptoms to come back. I then felt good again and symptoms came back again. We tried to get into two specialty doctors to get checked up but they took forever even to get back to me. One took like 4 months and the other like 5 and that was just to schedule the damn thing. I cant get in for the actual check ups for like 3 and 5 months. They apparently also had issues accepting my insurance. So im currently just left with these stomach issues and my doctor is doing best he can currently giving me some steroids which makes me feel better at times but doesn't cure anything. That insurance issue is one of my biggest fears. Im less scared of dying of cancer than I am having to pay for it.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 27, 2023 20:32:32 GMT
Are you all good man? None of that is any fun. I've droned about this before, so I apologize for repeating myself - My least favorite part of the hospital stint (and there are many) is the way the insurance company and the hospitals fuck you in the ass. When I had my episode two years ago, I specifically sought out a doctor who took my insurance. No problem there. But when I was in recovery and his partner, Dr. Dipshit, was doing his rounds, he pops his head and asks "you good?" to which I don't think I responded because, ya know, of the surgery and all. And he leaves. Turns out Dr. Dipshit isn't on my insurance so I get a bill for $900. I ended up getting out of it because that's completely illegal and the hospitals and insurance companies know that (here in New York it is anyway). But do you know how many people get these kinds of bills and basically have their entire lives destroyed because of it? Gotta love it. Oh, you have cancer? Well, I hope you didn't want to buy anything else ever again. I'm not entirely sure yet because my Dr is just guessing whats wrong with me. We thought we had it fixed as I felt great for like 3 months only for symptoms to come back. I then felt good again and symptoms came back again. We tried to get into two specialty doctors to get checked up but they took forever even to get back to me. One took like 4 months and the other like 5 and that was just to schedule the damn thing. I cant get in for the actual check ups for like 3 and 5 months. They apparently also had issues accepting my insurance. So im currently just left with these stomach issues and my doctor is doing best he can currently giving me some steroids which makes me feel better at times but doesn't cure anything. That insurance issue is one of my biggest fears. Im less scared of dying of cancer than I am having to pay for it. Yeah man, I'm sorry you're dealing with that. Now that you mention it, I think you've talked about it before so pardon me for not recalling. That's rough that it has been so long. Hopefully the worst is behind you though bro.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 27, 2023 21:13:22 GMT
I got one. This week is the busiest week of my busiest time of year. All hours, every day basically through EOD on Friday (once bank wires can no longer occur for the year) and then I can breathe. It's like this every year. Thanksgiving and Christmas Day are the only two days I have taken off since Halloween. No problem with that, but...
This year, we hired a senior associate who has been great. He can handle really complicated projects without much oversight, he's great with clients, he has decent enough work ethic....but he fucking took off this week to go to Myrtle Beach with his family, and kinda didn't tell anyone he was going.
Now I know what you're thinking - family comes first and 'tis the season to stop and smell the roses and all that. And yeah, that's true, work is bullshit, BUT that's this particular job. When you're in this field, you work your ass off in December, and you take off afterwards (plus, our summers are typically much slower). It's totally cool if you don't want to do that, but don't sign up for this then. If you sign up for this and have years of experience so it's not a surprise that December is busy, don't bail on me during our busiest stretch. Bad look.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 27, 2023 21:54:38 GMT
I got one. This week is the busiest week of my busiest time of year. All hours, every day basically through EOD on Friday (once bank wires can no longer occur for the year) and then I can breathe. It's like this every year. Thanksgiving and Christmas Day are the only two days I have taken off since Halloween. No problem with that, but... This year, we hired a senior associate who has been great. He can handle really complicated projects without much oversight, he's great with clients, he has decent enough work ethic....but he fucking took off this week to go to Myrtle Beach with his family, and kinda didn't tell anyone he was going. Now I know what you're thinking - family comes first and 'tis the season to stop and smell the roses and all that. And yeah, that's true, work is bullshit, BUT that's this particular job. When you're in this field, you work your ass off in December, and you take off afterwards (plus, our summers are typically much slower). It's totally cool if you don't want to do that, but don't sign up for this then. If you sign up for this and have years of experience so it's not a surprise that December is busy, don't bail on me during our busiest stretch. Bad look. I had the same problems. My cleaning company had five accounts that had to be staffed 24/7 (two hospitals, three nursing homes). Every one I hired for these places got told, three times, that they will be working holidays. I rotated them so it was fair, you got Christmas once every three years, same with the other five. But every fucking year, I'd get one or two who would cry. "I can't work Christmas, I have family coming in from Syracuse. I can't work Christmas, it's the first year Little Timmy knows it's Christmas." Guess what, fuck your relatives from Syracuse and fuck Little Timmy. The holiday schedule got posted by the 2nd week of January, you had 49 week to do something. That was along with 3/4 of my people putting in for vacation for this week. One year I aid if I got X number of vacation slips, no one was getting that week off. And no one did.
One fun thing that few think about but I had to argue forever. Easter in not a paid holiday. But everyone thinks it is.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 27, 2023 22:15:45 GMT
I got one. This week is the busiest week of my busiest time of year. All hours, every day basically through EOD on Friday (once bank wires can no longer occur for the year) and then I can breathe. It's like this every year. Thanksgiving and Christmas Day are the only two days I have taken off since Halloween. No problem with that, but... This year, we hired a senior associate who has been great. He can handle really complicated projects without much oversight, he's great with clients, he has decent enough work ethic....but he fucking took off this week to go to Myrtle Beach with his family, and kinda didn't tell anyone he was going. Now I know what you're thinking - family comes first and 'tis the season to stop and smell the roses and all that. And yeah, that's true, work is bullshit, BUT that's this particular job. When you're in this field, you work your ass off in December, and you take off afterwards (plus, our summers are typically much slower). It's totally cool if you don't want to do that, but don't sign up for this then. If you sign up for this and have years of experience so it's not a surprise that December is busy, don't bail on me during our busiest stretch. Bad look. I had the same problems. My cleaning company had five accounts that had to be staffed 24/7 (two hospitals, three nursing homes). Every one I hired for these places got told, three times, that they will be working holidays. I rotated them so it was fair, you got Christmas once every three years, same with the other five. But every fucking year, I'd get one or two who would cry. "I can't work Christmas, I have family coming in from Syracuse. I can't work Christmas, it's the first year Little Timmy knows it's Christmas." Guess what, fuck your relatives from Syracuse and fuck Little Timmy. The holiday schedule got posted by the 2nd week of January, you had 49 week to do something. That was along with 3/4 of my people putting in for vacation for this week. One year I aid if I got X number of vacation slips, no one was getting that week off. And no one did.
One fun thing that few think about but I had to argue forever. Easter in not a paid holiday. But everyone thinks it is.
I hear you man, it sucks. And I get it, nobody wants to work all the time, including me, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Plus, work immediately dies down in January, our summers are slow which is great for my colleagues with kids, AND we get paid more this time of year due to the influx of deal flow. I may fire the next motherfucker who asks for a day off outside of the actual holiday until our busy season is over.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 27, 2023 22:43:50 GMT
I had the same problems. My cleaning company had five accounts that had to be staffed 24/7 (two hospitals, three nursing homes). Every one I hired for these places got told, three times, that they will be working holidays. I rotated them so it was fair, you got Christmas once every three years, same with the other five. But every fucking year, I'd get one or two who would cry. "I can't work Christmas, I have family coming in from Syracuse. I can't work Christmas, it's the first year Little Timmy knows it's Christmas." Guess what, fuck your relatives from Syracuse and fuck Little Timmy. The holiday schedule got posted by the 2nd week of January, you had 49 week to do something. That was along with 3/4 of my people putting in for vacation for this week. One year I aid if I got X number of vacation slips, no one was getting that week off. And no one did.
One fun thing that few think about but I had to argue forever. Easter in not a paid holiday. But everyone thinks it is.
I hear you man, it sucks. And I get it, nobody wants to work all the time, including me, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Plus, work immediately dies down in January, our summers are slow which is great for my colleagues with kids, AND we get paid more this time of year due to the influx of deal flow. I may fire the next motherfucker who asks for a day off outside of the actual holiday until our busy season is over. I understood myself. Most people think than Christmas and New Year's (not to mention Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve) are automatic holidays, no one works. I explained holidays and most people wanted those jobs because they were the full time ones. Every other account I had were banks, offices etc and those were 3-4 hours a night. I'd tell people, "I can switch you to a bank. You'll have holidays off but you can kiss your fucking benefits bye bye". And I'd get that shit "My aunt works at the bank and SHE has Christmas off". Maybe because the bank i closed on Christmas? Maybe we should ship all the old farts to a shelter so your Imperial Majesty can have the day off. People got irked because, on my office door, my titles was "Regional Manager, Director of Personnel and Babysitter". Grown people, supposedly. "Mabel took 16 minutes for her break so I'm taking 17". It's a wonder I didn't drink to excess
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Post by tristramshandy on Dec 28, 2023 0:15:28 GMT
I may have already posted this earlier because it has annoyed me for some time. I hate people who use use their back up cameras to back into parking spaces. The car behind doesn't know that you're backing into a spot. Going to the mall the other day, there was a guy who wanted to back into a space, but the car behind was too close for him to do it. He starts yelling for the car behind him to back up, but the car behind that car is too close too. By the time I was pulling out of my parking space, the guy has been stuck for three or four minutes, creating a complete clusterfuck for drivers going both directions. If he would have just pulled into the space directly, none of that happens. It's bad enough that people can't parallel park, but now people can't back out of a parking space either? Going to the mall this time of year? You are a brave soul! I'm a man of the people!
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Post by twothousandonemark on Dec 30, 2023 20:05:35 GMT
I walk fairly briskly... how do I politely maneuver around slowly walking strangers... like they're f'n Canada geese waddling about... They know I'm there, & I just want to pass them in a single lane space on a sidewalk or whatever... Do we just start whistling or saying 'On your left!'... or just keep distancing myself a few metres, feeling creepy for both parties surely...
Good times.
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Post by sdm3 on Jan 4, 2024 9:37:57 GMT
I was listening to a podcast yesterday where one of the guests said: "for all intensive purposes..."
That annoyed me.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 4, 2024 12:42:12 GMT
I was listening to a podcast yesterday where one of the guests said: "for all intensive purposes..." That annoyed me. That's pretty annoying. Most of my annoyances these days are language related.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 4, 2024 14:50:36 GMT
I was listening to a podcast yesterday where one of the guests said: "for all intensive purposes..." That annoyed me. That is a fireble offense.
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